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Add MS 49527
- Record Id:
- 032-002016329
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016329
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x00030c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 49527
- Title:
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CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF WILLIAM BARCLAY SQUIRE (b. 1855,
d. 1927) relating to his Catalogue of the King's Music Library, i (The Handel Manuscripts), 1927; 1922-1926, n.d. These manuscripts were deposited on permanent loan in the British Museum in 1911. Transferred from the Music Library.
Paper; ff. 198.
Arranged as follows:–
1. ff. 1-14. Thematic catalogue by Squire of minuets by Handel in Walsh editions and other 18th-century printed collections.
2. ff. 15-192. Letters to Squire, mostly of Percy Robinson, enclosing his comments on Squire's notes and returning musical incipits of Handel's works sent to him for identification; 1922-1926.
3. ff. 193-198b. Notes by Squire relating to his Introduction to the aforementioned Catalogue, n.d., followed by related letters to him, 1923, 1925.
- Scope & Content:
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William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Correspondence, etc., rel. to his catalogue of Handel MSS in King's Music Library: 1922-1926.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Correspondence, etc., rel. to his MSS. in King's Music Library: 1922-1926.
includes:
- ff. 15-16 Arthur Henry Mann, organist, editor and composer: Letter, etc., to W. B. Squire: 1922.
- ff. 17-191b passim Percy Robinson, musicologist: Letters to W. B. Squire: 1923-1926.
- f. 73 Max Seiffert, musicologist: Postcard to W. B. Squire: 1924: Germ.
- ff. 184-185b C. E. Simons, genealogical researcher: Letters to W. B. Squire: 1926.
- f. 195 Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur John Bigge, Baron Stamfordham private Secretary to Queen Victoria, Edward VII, and George V: Letter to W. B. Squire: 1923.
- ff. 197-198b Helen A. Pownall, [wife of Frank?] Pownall: Letters to W. B. Squire: 1925.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016329
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002016329
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1926
- Date Range:
- 1922-1926
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bigge, Arthur John, 1st Baron Stamfordham, courtier, 1849-1931
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Mann, Arthur Henry, organist editor and composer, 1850-1929
Pownall, Helen A, wife of Frank? Pownall
Robinson, Percy, musicologist
Seiffert, Max, musicologist
Simons, C E, genealogical researcher
Squire, William Barclay, CVO, Deputy Keeper of Printed Books British Museum